After three months,
Darío Benedetto
returned to ownership in Boca and did so in the best way by converting the
Xeneize's defining 2-0 victory over Tigre and setting the course to achieve the first victory of
Diego Martínez
's cycle .
After the match,
Pipa
showed his joy for the goal, as well as taking advantage of the moment to throw a "stick" at the last coaches passing through the blue and gold institution, while at the same time praising the work of his current coach.
"I'm 33 years old and I don't know everything, I keep learning every day,
there is a hard-working coaching staff, with a lot of enthusiasm, that reaches the player
," admitted the forward, after reaching
71 goals as a Boca player
and possibly feel important again in your influence within the team.
And he continued praising Martínez: "
He is a transparent person
and he is with those who play, with those who do not play and that is very noticeable in the team. You have to try to be positive, listen to him and do what he wants."
However, in his statements, Benedetto would not hesitate to strongly criticize his last coaches after being satisfied with the way of working that the
Gigoló
maintains .
"
It has been a while since we had a coach who lives with the team, who speaks with the one who is painted and with whom he plays all the games
," attacked the number 9, highlighting the role that Martínez gives to that footballer who does not play, situation that Pipa suffered recently.
🇦🇷🤯 MIGUEL MEENTIEL'S ASSISTANCE AND DARÍO BENEDETTO'S GOAL FOR BOCA'S 2-0.
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— JS (@juegosimple__) February 5, 2024
"It's a coaching staff that gets deep into the squad and is great,
we then have to try to get them on the field but that is reflected
," added Pipa when throwing his dart.
Finally, he closed with an analysis of his return to scoring after a long drought.
"I hadn't played for several minutes in a while, I made the most of it,
I felt good on the field, it's good to be able to score and I haven't done it in a while
, I hope I can continue like this," he confessed after scoring a goal after four months.
🗣️ Pipa Benedetto s/ Diego Martínez “It's been a while since we had a coach who coexists with the team”
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Since his return to Boca, in January 2022, Benedetto was managed by
Sebastián Battaglia
,
Hugo Ibarra
and
Jorge Almirón
.
However, it would be with the current Colo Colo coach with whom Pipa would lose ownership and prominence when new competition was presented, as turned out to be the high performance of
Miguel Merentiel
and the arrival of
Edinson Cavani
.
It is also added to the fact that he had to go through one of the longest negative streaks since he wore the blue and gold shirt.
Possibly, the most pointed out in the statement is the former Lanús coach, with whom Pipa had to watch several games from the substitute bench and not have the desired minutes.
Even that little filming was also suffered when the two crossed paths in Elche, Spain.
However, the phrase from '9' Xeneize does not seem to leave the predecessors who were in office out of focus.
Benedetto's support in the face of Cavani's drought
With Benedetto's goal, added to the fact that Miguel Merentiel has already scored two goals so far this year, the only center forward who has not yet been able to celebrate in Boca is Edinson Cavani.
On this occasion, the Uruguayan watched the match against Tigre from the outside after suffering a contracture that did not allow him to be part of the squad.
Benedetto and Cavani, Boca's forwards who seek to improve in front of goal.
Photo: JUAN MABROMATA / AFP.
Given the situation, Pipa tried to analyze the streak that his teammate is going through after not being completely fine in front of the goal.
"I didn't say anything to him but he knows, he has 500 goals in his head
, what can I say
, I don't even reach half of what he has. The situations happened to him the other day,
it happened to me when I arrived at Boca
, who had the situations and couldn't convert them, and I always said that if the possibilities are there, the goal will come";
he commented he.
And he stated: "He is nine like me and we both live from the goal, it was not happening to us and Miguel is, he has a very good streak and we have to try to keep it that way, it is happening and it is
not happening to Edi and me and we try to support each other
.
We are forwards and we live from this
, being positive for the group, both of us."